Aso class handling
#include <atfs.h>
#include <atfstk.h>
char* atFileClassExt (Af_key *aso);
int atIsDerived (Af_key *aso);
atFileClassExt returns a short string (one or two characters long), visualizing the attributed software objects (aso) class. This is a superset of the file class symbols added to filenames by the ls -F command.
/
Directory.
@
Symbolic Link.
=
Socket.
*
Executable.
$
Derived.
^
Locked.
Some combinations are possible. In espacially the circumflex (^) may be combined with any other symbol, resulting in a two letter string.
atIsDerived checks whether the denoted aso is in a derived object cache (return value TRUE) or not (return value FALSE).
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